Blackpool South by-election: meet the candidates and the voters 

The Reform candidate voted for Boris because Nigel Farage told him to, and we are supposed to take this guy seriously?

Why are we bothering about these byelections when a GE surely is needed now?

The Reform guy seems decent, which is rare , but very confused...... " I did what Nigel told me to do " ??????????????

Interesting that the Reform candidate runs a soup kitchen.

2 simple rules for life; No.1 - Never trust a tory No.2 - Never forget rule number 1

tories have shown under johnson and sunak they have the morals of the gutter.

I lived in Blackpool South for nearly 20 years. The time under the Tories was by far the worst! Gordon Marsden did his best to fight when you had Scott Benton standing outside betting shops promoting gambling for the local economy of 8 of the 10 most deprived wards in the country!!! FTT!

Ive been to Blackpool and I've been to Vegas... Filet mignon vs haggis...

There is a very easy way for Sunak to avoid more by-elections.

Scott Benton yet another sleazy Tory, just like the 1990's

REFORM DONT KNOW IF ANY OF THEIR PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING ARE STILL ALIVE 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

Poor boomers in Blackpool saying they'll still vote Tory. Everything that's wrong with this country right there.

Sunak- A perfect picture of everything wrong with Capitalism and the Torries.

Rishi has a plum job as the head of an AI fund in California lined up for him in the autumn. It’s the rest of us that are screwed.

Love the way they bring up reform party but have ZERO chat about Green Party....both have no chance but one is controversial

Historically a Conservative seat, prior to 1997 it was always conservative even in 1945 and 1966. I think it will be an interesting seat and the distance between the three parties will tell us all as to if we are on course for both a Labour landslide and also for Reform to surge in the popular vote.

The Green Party is not affected by huge money donations!! Policies and Party fully democratic!

As a limited company why are Reform even allowed to say they are a political party!? I hate the tories but no company should be allowed to run for office! Not only that but the Reform party only has 3 members! It has subscribers that pay but have no say in the so called political "Party" goings on! Roll on the GE and we get the tories out and reform fasil also!

Imagine living in Blackpool (I know 🤮) and actually voting Tory 😳

Vote Independent really show them!

People who run food kitchens for the needy should get into politics and run for MP. Who will reject a man or woman with a heart of gold?

I voted Tory because they promised the earth, but they've delivered nothing. So this time I'm voting Reform because they're promising the earth. What could possibly go wrong with that?

Not a brain amongst them

"I did what Farage told me to do" That's an independent thinker right there.

"Never even heard of them..." The state of British politics across the board.

GENERAL ELECTION NOW. GET LABOUR AND CONSERVATIVE OUT

Labour, Tory, two wings on the same bird. Reform is the bird's cloaca.

They voted for Boris 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

It's not 'huge' for a lifelong Tory to vote Labour if Labour basically adopt all the same policies as the Conservatives to make that happen. The 'huge' movement has been Labour's move to the right.

UK has no middle ground in politics.

3:58 oh dear

The state of the UK is so sad.

All conservative policies are out of touch with voters in the US and the UK.

I mean, he clearly is a very empathetic man and does something wonderful for his local area. I wish he'd asked what it is about reform that he really believes in, I'd be really interested in knowing that.

David Jones going to lose the safe seat 😂

Yeah look at the work you have done!! Are you joking?? Good grief you have dam near destroyed the place!!

Does the soup kitchen guy only serve up gammon? Or is he a saint, who unwittingly takes his orders from that place where it gets rather hot under the collar? (And I'm not talking about the kitchen).

Rishi Sunak is a snake. Always remember that. Rishi Sunake

Voting Labour won't change anything 😅

Was in he on a stag do ?

"Test" that's a funny way of spelling massacre

What a great look. A reporter laughing at someone who doesn’t know who Reform are. Not patronising at all.

Im 38 as a kid blackpool was awsome the lights tge park the beach it was a lovely day out went back around 5 years ago drugs, litter, everythings closed down and run down it was a sad to see.

Vegas of the North? Lol, Spice Central of the North more like.

I get the feeling that Blackpool is so deprived and the people feel so let down, that Reform actually has a reasonable chance.

People in Blackpool voted Tory???????

So sad that despite it being the reality for millions of people now and 10,000s of extra food banks opening up all over the place, people still feel 'embarassed' to go in because of a terrible Tory Government who force you to feel like a failure whilst stacking the deck against you in so many ways no matter how hard you work to feed your family and pay your bills.

Giant waste of money - just call the election

Nobody voted for Sunak. You can’t lose what you didn’t win in the first place.

Pillock

I Live in this dump

W.E.F. candidates everywhere

Libour same as tory

This is by election 16 - and this is going to make 15 which demonstrated that there's little appetite for the Conservatives to be trusted. I would be certain of one thing. Out of that 16 it's a clear point that it's going to be unpopular time. For the Conservatives and also for Reform UK as well. Of the same brush as each other!

Don't get why the presenter is making fun of the Reform candidate for switching parties. If people flew the same colours their whole lives nothing would ever change! Good on him for voting based on current issues. Back in 2019 a vote for the Conservatives made sense to common people, it definitely doesn't now, and Reform is probably appealing to people like Mark

Even after big splash Penny Mordaunt replaces nowhere man Ritchie Sunak, the Tories face extinction at the election.

A vote for Labour is a vote for Islam. VOTE REFORM

Reform will get my VOTE.

Reform is the only way

New colour paint . Have you now gone off beige and cinnamon by Farrow and Ball ? I guess you prefer nice white indiginous by Farage? This is easily obtainable from the reform Party

Vote Green this time, real socialism that doesn't ignore the biggest problem we face

It not Sunacks fault. Johnson is responsible for this mess. DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY WITH IT. Go after his ill gotten gains and then lock him up.

Conservative will be happy with the votes from the asylum seeker's 😂

People want to work; but it is not worth it; because taxes are too high; isn’t that ridiculous..

Get the chappati chap , kier starmer and their respective parties from ruling British 🇬🇧.

Green for me, thanks to cheat Starmer

Neither labour nor Conservatives ate getting my vote

Don't vote Labour or Tory

VOTE REFORM UK, PUT THE GREAT BACK IN BRITAIN

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I like Boris to; I hope someone can really turn the UK around like never before; and really cut taxes; they should be fair to the people.. ☮️❤️🌼

VOTE REFORM.

Imagine goin back to labour after blair

Vote reform there is 300 economic migrants in metapole hotel were holiday makers could go and make money

Reform Party for me

Vote reform

Got my vote REFORM UK

I used to live in blackpool and i love the place, but im asking you all in blackpool to vote reform uk thank you.

Vote Tory winner winner

Chris Webb was a Councillor in Manchester with andy Burnham and that didn't end well, Labour in Blackpool would be disastrous for residents, As much as I feel Tories are useless Voting Labour under the Leadership of starmer would destroy the Town

Torys have trashed everything.